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• Tiny Planet May Be Doomed
  The Universe s latest planetary candidate is only slightly larger than the planet Mercury, and researchers estimate that because of its tight orbit around its sun, it could completely disintegrate within 100 million years, according to a Space.com report. This might be...
• Astronauts Enter World's 1st Private Supply Ship
  The space station astronauts have entered the Dragon.Early Saturday, the crew of the International Space Station slid open the hatch of its new addition, the world's first commercial supply ship. The SpaceX capsule, named Dragon, made history with its arrival Friday.NASA...
• Astronauts Enter World's 1st Private Supply Ship
  
• Dell Said Close to Acquiring Quest for Computer-Management
  Dell Inc. is in advanced discussions to acquire Quest Software Inc., a maker of tools that help companies manage their computer systems, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
• Yahoo Kills 'Livestand' Just Six Months After Debut
  Yahoo is killing a tablet magazine called Livestand just six months since its debut on the iPad.The decision announced Friday is part of the struggling Internet company's latest turnaround effort.Last month.
• Dragon Arrives at Space Station in Historic First
  Space station astronauts have captured the Dragon.The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, making history as the first commercial delivery truck in orbit.Astronauts Donald Pettit and Andre Kuipers used the space station's...
• Yahoo Launches New Mobile Web Browser
  Yahoo has introduced a new web browser as part of an effort to loosen Google's tightening grip on the online user experience.
• Solar Impulse Plane Starts Transcontinental Flight
  An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week.
• DC Zoo Hand-Raising Cubs After Rare Cheetah Birth
  
• A Technological 'Leap' Aims to Retire Your Mouse
  Motion-control computing, previously the stuff of science fiction, is rapidly becoming more science than fiction, and may soon be crashing the personal computer market in a very big way.
• IPhone's Siri Raises Privacy Questions
  For some users, Apple s voice-activated personal assistant Siri has been a godsend, improving productivity by saving time that might otherwise be wasted poring over search results.
• Commercial Space Race Gets Crowded behind SpaceX
  
• Obama Orders Agencies to Shift Services to Mobile Apps
  President Barack Obama, hoping to spur U.S. innovation in the explosive field of mobile communications, on Wednesday ordered all major federal agencies to make many more of their services available on mobile telephones within the next year. Americans deserve a government...
• Library of Congress Taps 25 Sounds for Registry
  From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the National Recording Registry.Summer's 1977 hit I Feel Love is joining the Grateful Dead's...
• Ancient Bethlehem Seal Unearthed in Jerusalem
  The Israel Antiquities Authority says archeologists digging at a Jerusalem site have found the oldest artifact that bears the inscription of Bethlehem a 2,700 years old seal with the name of Jesus' traditional birthplace.Eli Shukron, the authority's director of...
• Scientists Turn Skin Cells into Beating Heart Muscle
  Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could one day be used to treat the condition. The researchers, based in Haifa, Israel, said there were still many...
• Houston Museum Unveils $85 Million Dinosaur Hall
  
• Researcher: Obesity, Autism Spikes Due to WWII Chemical Exposure
  The World War II generation may have passed down to their grandchildren the effects of chemical exposure in the 1940s, possibly explaining current rates of obesity, autism and mental illness, according to one researcher.
• World’s Tallest Tower Opens in Tokyo to Estimated 200,000 People
  The Tokyo Skytree, twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, and its surrounding retail and office complex opens today to an estimated 200,000 visitors.Developer Tobu Railway Co., which expects the project to draw 32 million visitors in its first year, will hold an opening...
• Star Trek's 'Scotty' to Reach Final Frontier on SpaceX Rocket
  When a privately owned rocket blasts off for a trial run to the International Space Station on Tuesday, it will be carrying more than food and supplies for the crew. Tucked into the rocket's second stage are cremated remains of more than 300 hard core space fans finally...
• Rare 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse to Dim Skies
  The sun and moon will align over the earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday - an annular eclipse that will dim the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. It will look like a donut with a very big hole in it, ...
• 200-year-old Shipwreck Found in Gulf
  An oil company exploring for oil has found a 200-year-old shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico that is exceptionally well-preserved, Fox News reports. The exploration crew's chance discovery has provided a trove of new information to scientists.
• More Doctors Writing Electronic Prescriptions
  Dropping a paper prescription at the drugstore is becoming old-school: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest count.
• Study Unpicks Gene Changes behind Breast Cancer
  Scientists have mapped the complete genetic codes of 21 breast cancers and created a catalog of the mutations that accumulate in breast cells.
• Rare 'Ring of Fire' Eclipse Will Be Visible From China to Texas
  Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo of light.

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